The Ultimate Where Winds Meet Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks for New Players

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1. Master Crafting and Resource Gathering

As you explore the map, you'll loot various resources, each with unique purposes. For example, killing a deer provides meat and coarse fur. Through crafting, you can cook meat into food that auto-restores health and use fur to enhance your gear.

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2. Enhance Your Gear for Permanent Boosts

The game allows you to enhance each gear slot, which progresses alongside your character level. Within the "Develop" tab, select a specific gear slot and enhance it using coins and specific materials. These provide

3. Pay Attention to Sign Posts

While exploring, you'll notice white posts sticking out of the ground in certain locations. These "Sign Posts" contain messages left by other players. They often provide

4. Understand the Breakthrough System for Level Caps

Upon reaching certain level caps, you must complete "Breakthrough" challenges to unlock the next tier of levels. Besides reaching the previous level cap, some servers may require you to wait multiple days before unlocking the next tier, depending on the server's age. Monitor your level cap closely and complete breakthrough challenges when available to continue progressing your character.

5. Utilize Exchange Shop Daily and Weekly Activities

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• Inner Way Note: Chest

• Martial Arts: Custom Tips

• Scholar Giftbox

• Healer Giftbox

• Custom Career Giftbox

• Lingering Melody (for skin roll chances)

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Additionally, many NPCs in the open world have their own shops selling materials useful for enchanting or crafting gear. Visit these regularly to stock up on essential materials

6. Collect Oddities for Passive Boosts

Throughout your journey, you'll encounter unique items called Oddities, ranging from colorful butterflies to unique bugs and bee hives. Always collect these, as you can exchange them for

7. Explore the Meow Meow Temple

You'll eventually encounter various cats with riddles or puzzles to solve. Solving these provides experience, rewards, and a unique currency usable at the "Meow Meow Temple." This temple offers valuable items, including:

• Lingering Melody (x2)

• Oscillating Jade

• Small Box of Commerce Coins

• Dye Powder

• Wiggling Fish

• Hundred Acts Mask

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Always interact with cats and solve their puzzles to accumulate this special currency.

8. Redeem Free Reward Codes

The global launch introduced several redemption codes for free rewards. Check the official

9. Manage Your Energy Wisely

Most activities require energy, a time-limited resource that refills naturally over time. While consumables can instantly restore energy, save these for late-game activities when they yield better rewards. Use energy strategically on activities that provide necessary rewards, and avoid maxing out your energy capacity to prevent waste

10. Obtain Powerful Weapons Like the Strategic Sword

The Strategic Sword is a commonly sought weapon ideal for bleed builds and burst damage. To obtain it:

• Reach level 8

• Complete the Skill Theft mission to unlock weapons at the Peace Bell Tower

• Obtain the Touch of Death Skill from Volume 1 - The Realm Endures

• Acquire a spare Dragon Key (obtainable from Tiger Fort, Gourmand's Grove, and Bloomveil Monastery outposts)

Once you have these prerequisites, find the shrine door between Palace of Annals and Encircling Lake - Qinghe, use your Dragon Key, sneak through the dojo, and use Skill Theft on the master to obtain Strategic Sword skills.

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11. Complete Unique Quests Like 'Blind To The World'

For something completely different, seek out the "Blind To The World" quest in the Qinghe region near Moonveil Mountain. This unique quest involves draining a lake, solving environmental puzzles, and features no combat. You'll need to:

• Find Unfated Tian on cliffs overlooking the lake

• Follow three chains underwater to drain the lake

• Solve pressure plate puzzles (step in order: North, East, South, West)

• Navigate caves and solve a bell puzzle using blue flowers that enhance hearing

The reward is the Blinding Mist Mystic Art, a valuable addition to your abilities.

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